International law firm Akin Gump has taken four more partners from Bingham & McCutchen's London office in the corporate, restructuring and funds practices. They join 22 partners from Bingham McCutchen who will be joining Akin Gump in London, Hong Kong and Frankfurt over the coming weeks. The firm has recruited Vance Chapman who focuses his practice on M&A and equity offerings and investments as well as significant restructuring knowledge and experience. John Holton specialises in investment managers and the launching and restructuring of private equity and hedge funds. Matthew Puhar’s practice concentrates on public and private cross-border corporate, corporate finance and restructuring deals. Thiha Tun focuses primarily on private investment funds for sponsors globally.

Valuable experience base

Sebastian Rice, partner in charge of Akin Gump’s London office, said in a statement: ‘The arrival of this team will undoubtedly be of great benefit to our top-flight London funds practice and enhance our globally recognised corporate team. Their hugely valuable experience base, cross-border reach and close collaborative ties with the larger group joining us will deploy the firm’s recognised market-leading capabilities even more effectively to established and emerging markets.'